Act Number: 13

Act Name: The Indian Antarctic Act, 2022

Year: 2022

Enactment Date: 2022-08-06

Long Title: An Act to provide for the national measures for protecting the Antarctic environment and dependent and associated ecosystems and to give effect to the Antarctic Treaty, the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources and to the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Earth Sciences

Department:

Section 36: Disposal of combustive wastes.
    (1) The combustible waste which are not removed by generators of such waste shall be burnt in incinerators to a maximum extent practicable to avoid harmful emissions and shall not be burned openly.
     (2) The standards for emission from incineration of waste under sub-section (1) and from other equipment and vehicles shall be such as may be prescribed.
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